CombineNet Selects Emic Networks to Support MySQL Database Application

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

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Emic Networks, the leading provider of application clustering solutions for open source, announced today at LinuxWorld San Francisco (Moscone Center, booth #243) that CombineNet, an optimization software company, has chosen Emic m/cluster to provide high availability services for its mission critical open source MySQL applications.

CombineNet's Decision Guidance Tools allow business users to gain a holistic view of their operations and make real-world decisions that have an immediate impact on the bottom line. Applied to some of the most complex problems facing businesses today, CombineNet helps business leaders make informed, objective decisions based on any combination of data. A key to CombineNet's success is the availability of its Web-based optimization tools, so mission-critical decisions can be made in real time. CombineNet looks to Emic to ensure that the MySQL database elements within its Web-based tools is available and operational for its customers, which include Fortune 500 companies in the consumer packaged goods, automotive, retail and manufacturing industries, among others.

Emic m/cluster is a middleware solution that can be added transparently to existing MySQL(R) database applications. In addition to m/cluster, Emic provides its clients with integrated application clustering solutions for LAMP and LAMJ stacks, as well as for Apache(TM). Emic Application Clustering is the most advanced high availability, scalable, dynamic load-balancing architecture for open source application stacks.